What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot intended to land in spk after about a 1 hour flight departure. During decent for traffic pattern altitude the pilot reported that the engine began running rough. The pilot attempted to correct the rough running condition by verifying fuel tanks selector setting and mixture. The pilot reported that the engine died at approximately 6500' MSL. The pilot attempted an engine restart but was unsuccessful. As pilot attempted to land in an open field, the aircraft main gear struck power lines and were torn from the aircraft. The pilot continued to descend touching down in the filed and skidding on the aircraft belly into a dirt berm with left wing striking trees which caused the aircraft to rotate about the yaw axis 180 degrees coming to a stop in a near by residential yard. The pilot and passenger were not injured.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT INTENDED TO LAND IN SPK AFTER ABOUT A 1 HOUR FLIGHT DEPARTURE. DURING DECENT FOR TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ROUGH RUNNING CONDITION BY VERIFYING FUEL TANKS SELECTOR SETTING AND MIXTURE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE DIED AT APPROXIMATELY 6500' MSL. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN ENGINE RESTART BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AS PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK POWER LINES AND WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO DESCEND TOUCHING DOWN IN THE FILED AND SKIDDING ON THE AIRCRAFT BELLY INTO A DIRT BERM WITH LEFT WING STRIKING TREES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE ABOUT THE YAW AXIS 180 DEGREES COMING TO A STOP IN A NEAR BY RESIDENTIAL YARD. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.
NTSB investigation
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